Marine Corp Ball 2008

Once a year, I get to dress up for the Marine Corp Ball. This year the ball was held in Arlington. It was great to get out of the house and have a night out with my Handsome Husband.

Santa, Batman and Scooby Doo

So we decided to go to the mall this year and take pictures with Santa. Dylan was fine with it last year and did well this year too. Caitlyn was only 8 months last year and didn't know what was going on. So this is what was going on before we went and saw Santa. I don't think she knew what was coming.

So, I am holding Caitlyn and it is our turn to go up and Dylan hops right up into his lap. Caitlyn is now clenching onto my shoulder and starts to cry. She starts calling for her daddy. So Clif sits down with her and manages to calm her down enough to get this picture.

We decided to go to Six Flags last week. We found Batman and Hawkgirl and Dylan loves Batman. Caitlyn actually gave Batman a high five and told him hi. I was actually suprised. I thought she would cry.

We also saw scooby doo and I thought scooby, being a doggie and Caitlyn liking doggies, would be okay with Caitlyn. Nope, we started crying and wanting nothing to do with him.

So when it came to the Ward Christmas Party, Dylan was the only one to sit on Santa's lap.

Prayers

So our nightly ritual is to clean up toys, brush teeth, read a book, and say prayers before going to bed. Well last night Caitlyn had been crying a little bit and she usually sleeps with a dog and kitty stuffed animal. Well we told the kids to get ready for prayer and while we were waitling for Clif to come in, I found Caitlyn putting her animals face down on her bed so that they could say prayer.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Dylan at first wanted to be a pollen jock from Bee Movie. I thought maybe I could find and outfit. I couldn't find one and I was going to resort to making one. I even tried convincing him to be something else. Finally one day he said he wanted to be a transformer and I was sold.

Caitlyn is a princess. She won't leave the crown on her head. I am so suprised that her hair actually turned out. She hardly has any Hair.

We bought two pumpkins for the kids and let them help with carving them. Dylan was interested, but he did not want to get messy. Caitlyn was not too keen on pulling out the seeds and by the time we got done, she was tired and upset.

Trunk or Treat

Tonight our Ward had a Chili cook-off and Trunk or Treat. I thought I would share some pictures of it. I decided to make chili for the cook-off and I actually won. Caitlyn was so tuckered out that she fell asleep with her costume on.

Texas State Fair

Last week we went to the Texas State Fair. I think it is the biggest fair that I have ever been to. We always have to go see the new cars out. I actually found a truck that my dad would love. It was a Cabela's truck that was decked out with two gun cases built in. It also had the logo on the seats and rims. The Cabela's package on the Ford truck was an extra $8,000.00 on top of the price. We also had to go see all the John Deere Tractors for Dylan. Every year he runs around and looks at every tractor that they have. The men at the display were laughing at him because he was so excited.Then we had to go see all the animals in the petting zoo. It is so nice because you can see animals that you would think that you would never get to pet. They had zebras, giraffes, camels, bison, exotic deer, and kangaroos. We were also able to see the man that does the voice of Big Tex.

Here are some more pictures of the kids.



























Dylan and Caitlyn in their Korean Clothing from Uncle Brent and Aunt Zhara.

Dylan and Caitlyn at the Rangers Game

Caitlyn is refolding the clothing that I had folded

Caitlyn is showing us how to wiggle her tongue

Dylan studying hard with his new computer that he got for his Birthday from Grandma and Pappa.

Starting a New Blog

Ok, I know, another blog! Everyone I know has switched over to blogspot and tell me it is so much better. I will still link my other one to here though. In August Clif started school again. He decided to take an elective class(golf) and a language(arabic). One more semester and we will be going to A&M in the fall.

Dylan just turned 3 in August. Caitlyn will be 18 months this month. Time flies by so quickly! We went to playgroup this last week and we have been doing numbers as the lessons. So this week it was 4 cows and other animals. So they got to name the Farm that they put together. I asked Dylan what he wanted to name his farm, and he said"Mc&Donald". I had to laugh because that is what he calls the restaurant McDonald's. He always amazes me with his saying and his

observations.

Caitlyn is my little Diva. She always has sunglasses, purse, cell phone, and shoes on. She will bring me her shoes to put on and she will walk around the house with them. She is starting to form sentences together. The other day I walked in the living room from my bedroom and saw her on the floor. At first when I looked at her she was playing with something then I noticed that she her head slanted over almost touching her shoulder and in between them was a cell phone. It was hilarious.